EA reveals Dante game in the midway of this our mortal life

It has been revealed that EA is working on a video game adaptation of Dante's …

Well, here's some unexpected news this morning. It has been revealed that EA, in its latest off-kilter pursuit of original intellectual property, is working on a video game based on Dante's "Inferno." And no, it's not about Devil May Cry, but rather the first canto of Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri in the Middle Ages.

Word of the project arose after a bidding war for the film rights to produce a film of the game after it launches. Universal, Paramount, MGM, and New Regency are all trying to win rights to the apparently inevitable film adaptation of the as-yet-unannounced game. "Inferno" is being described as "a modern interpretation of the epic poem and will have players fighting their way through the depths of hell," according to Variety.

As strange as it may seem, this could be an interesting production from EA. It's rare that video games tackle significant works of canonical literature, let alone something as pivotal and complex as the Divine Comedy. Color us intrigued, yet beguiled by the fact that one company could simultaneously produce Madden, Army of Two, and Dante's Inferno.

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